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Around the globe, Hud (هود , Hud , Гуд ) is quite a rare largely boy's, but uncommonly female first name. The given name Hud is characteristic of Oman, where it is quite a common principally boy's, but very infrequently female name, Syria, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Sudan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sudan, Oman, and Indonesia. Likewise, Hud is the last name as well as the forename.
Hud is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hud , the one of the prophets in Islam and Hud , the musical character in the musical Hair by Galt MacDermot.